Dedicated vs Independent - What's the difference?
dedicated | independent |
Devoted; loyal; conscientious.
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not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
(politics) not affiliated with any political party
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
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A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.
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As adjectives the difference between dedicated and independent
is that dedicated is devoted; loyal; conscientious while independent is not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.As a verb dedicated
is .As a noun independent is
a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.dedicated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
Derived terms
* dedicatedlyVerb
(head)independent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an independent property
- a man of an independent mind
- That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.